The New Taipei City MRT subsidy was reduced by 5.416 billion yuan from the central government. KMT members questioned Su Qiaohui's cutting of the ribbon and harvesting to grab the first place.

Next year, New Taipei City submitted a NT$21.796 billion central subsidy for MRT construction, but the central government deducted NT$5.416 billion. Three city councilors from the Kuomintang group of the New Taipei City Council today questioned DPP legislator and New Taipei City mayoral candidate Su Qiaohui for "grabbing the first place in the ribbon-cutting and harvesting, but the subsidy was cut quietly" and shouted, "New Taipei City The ADPL is looking for Su Qiaohui, asking Su to quickly speak out for the citizens. Su Qiaohui's campaign headquarters responded, saying that the KMT is manipulating MRT funds. The Blue Camp has distorted this issue many times. The central government treats local MRT construction equally. "We support the discussion of any public policy, but there is no need to distort and slander."

In 2016, New Taipei City submitted a NT$21.796 billion central subsidy for MRT construction, which was deducted by NT$5.416 billion. The Danhai Light Rail was completely deleted, the Sanying Line was deducted by NT$579 million, and the New Taipei section of the Keelung MRT was deducted by nearly NT$4.7 billion.

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Wu Sixuan, spokesperson of Su Qiaohuijing, said that the central government treats local MRT construction equally and will subsidize wherever the progress is. Moreover, the Ministry of Transport will allocate 49.9 billion yuan to subsidize local MRT construction next year, which is not only the highest in history, but also 5.5 times the 9 billion yuan allocated this year.

She emphasized that the Kuomintang has distorted this issue many times, but the central government has always provided subsidies based on the progress of local MRT projects and bidding status, and the total budget approved by the central government will not be less than a cent.

City Councilor Chen Weijie said that the last mile of the Danhai Light Rail is the second phase of the Danhai Light Rail Blue Ocean Line. This time the central government of the Democratic Progressive Party has deleted all subsidy budgets. The second phase of the Danhai Light Rail has gone through more than ten reviews, and the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport has also predicted that it will be approved by the end of the year. It is determined that at this critical moment, the Tamsui Bridge was opened to traffic in May this year, and the re-planning of the Danhai Phase II in the Tamsui area is also in full swing in the past few days. However, all subsidies for the Danhai Light Rail Phase II have been deleted. In the eyes of Tamsui people, it feels very unbalanced.

City Councilor Huang Yongchang said that the cut in subsidies for the Sanying Line may cause a greater financial burden for the construction of the New Taipei MRT. As a local legislator in Yingge, Su Qiaohui should fight for the budget for New Taipei instead of choosing to remain silent.

City Councilor Bai Peiru pointed out that the New Taipei section of the Keelung MRT is responsible for the commuting arteries of people from Keelung to Xizhi and Nangang areas. The deletion of subsidies is equivalent to cutting off the arteries and affecting the vast number of commuters who are stuck in traffic jams every day. Su Qiaohui should not ignore the needs of Xizhi people.